today, constantly evolving and improving. According to Eric Drexler, a

world known pioneer in this field, VR is "A combination of computer and

interface devices (goggles, gloves, etc.) that present a user with the

illusion of being in a three dimensional world of computer generated

objects." The term ^virtual reality,^ is not finite in its meaning,

but generally includes desktop VR, immersion VR, where the goggles and

The virtual reality technology is not yet perfect and still too

expensive for the common man. The use of high-end VR is mainly

restricted to larger companies, and to special areas such as medical

surgery and pilot training. Home users are limited to desktop virtual

reality programs, which lets them navigate in three-dimensional worlds,

but seldom gives the feeling of actually being there. The entertainment

industry has yet to embrace the technology in full scale, but in his

book ^Virtual Reality^ Howard Rheingold states ^Used today in

architecture, engineering and design, tomorrow in mass-market

entertainment, surrogate travel, virtual surgery and cybersex, by the

http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/research/student/VRArch/futintro.htm

passively follow a linear storyline, with a start and an end. The

Chislenko, Alexander (1997) ^NIntelligent Information Filters and Enhanced Reality^Ò

http://194.80.193.185/students/nquirk/NOEL_VR2.HTM

Available online: http://well.com/user/hlr/vcbook/index.htm

some of us may never come out of. Worlds that we don^t even want to

John Suler, with a PhD in psychology, at Department of Psychology at

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